Category Archive: The Uechi Community

The South China Martial Arts Alliance (SCMAA.net) held its first formal dantest since reorganization took place in 2014. President, Thomas Bentley and Chairman George Mattson headed up the test board for the yondan (4th degree black belt) Shitoryu and Okinawa Kobudo test of Kelly Saunders. At the same test, the International Uechi-ryu Karate Federation (IUKF) …

IUKF has been growing very quickly. Our new site administrator has made great progress re-designing and updating the black belt registry of rank and honors. The old registry has been one of our site’s most popular feature, accessed by thousands of people checking on their rank or others. Now that our registry is being incorporated …

Many thanks to the Uechi-ryu.com site administrator for all his hard work and perseverance in creating our new Rank and Honors Registry and. . . transferring the thousands of existing entries from the old Registry. . . in spite of the many technical and programming problems he faced.

On Saturday August 24th at 11:00am to 1:00pm, Christian Maine, one on our up and coming stars of Uechi-Ryu is conducting our regional workout. The location is Top Gun Gymnastics at 17 Town West Road, Plymouth NH 0326. Please notice the state is NH. Also be informed NH is beautiful this time of the year. …

Note: May workout changed to Saturday, May 11th! March 9th, the “HUT” hosted a regional workout lead by Sensei Paul Giella and Sensei Vinny Christiano. This was a classical workout conducted by 2 “down to earth old time instructors” with a lot of skills and teaching experience. The workout was invigorating and intense. We covered …

FOLLOW-UP. . . 6-5-2012 Mattson sensei,we closed the Bid on the Book.It went for 1,500.Sensei Larry Isaac Kenpo Karate from North Carolina purchased it.Thank you again for your kind response and support. John Bartusevics

For all, if you think any can help – do we have a voice…? ~~~~~ Do you have friends, loved ones, family, or a sensei on Okinawa? Do you enjoy visiting Okinawa for travel, training, testing, competition? While here, do you enjoy Okinawan food and drink? Do you love the Okinawan children, and watching them …

Hello Sensei Mattson I wanted to update you on the Canadian National Karate Championships and how well I did as a Official. First the tournament was a huge success. The venue was held in Richmond BC from March16-18 at the Olympic Oval which is an amazing building. There was about 350 of the top Kumite …

In case you didn’t see this issue of Masters’ Magazine, check out George Mattson’s interview on http://issuu.com/gmattson . Masters Magazine is one of the few publications that focus on traditional martial arts. It is published quarterly along with a book of favorite interviews, selected by the editor. Check out the scanned copy of the original 1983 …

Congratulations!! On September 18th, 2011, Victor Swinimer from the Bridgewater Uechi Ryu dojo, passed his Kumite test and was promoted to “National Kumite Judge B”. Victor has worked very hard to achieve this and deserves much recognition. Please congratulate him on his accomplishment. The clinic was a stunning success with about 40 participants from all …